The places were also
pointed out where the rishi A-e inspected the marks of Buddhaship on the
body of the heir-apparent when an infant; where, when he was in company
with Nanda and others, on the elephant being struck down and drawn on
one side, he tossed it away; [1] where he shot an arrow to the
southeast, and it went a distance of thirty li, then entering the ground
and making a spring to come forth, which men subsequently fashioned into
a well from which travellers might drink; where, after he had attained
to Wisdom, Buddha returned and saw the king, his father; where five
hundred Sakyas quitted their families and did reverence to Upali [2]
while the earth shook and moved in six different ways; where Buddha
preached his Law to the devas, and the four deva kings and others kept
the four doors of the hall, so that even the king, his father, could not
enter; where Buddha sat under a nyagrodha tree, which is still standing,
with his face to the east, and his aunt Maha-prajapati presented him
with a Sanghali; and where king Vaidurya slew the seed of Sakya, and
they all in dying became Srotapannas. [3] A tope was erected at this
last place, which is still existing.
Several li northeast from the city was the king's field, where the
heir-apparent sat under a tree, and looked at the ploughers.
Fifty li east from the city was a garden, named Lumbini, where the queen
entered the pond and bathed.
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